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	The '''Ram Mandir''' is a [[Hindu temple]] under construction in [[Ayodhya]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]. It is located at the site of [[Ram Janmabhoomi]], the ~~hypothesized~~ birthplace of [[Rama]], a principal [[Hindu deities\|deity]] of [[Hinduism]].<ref name="bbc1">{{Cite web \|date=16 October 2019 \|title=BBC \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-50065277.amp \|access-date=8 September 2023 \|archive-date=7 September 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907194334/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-50065277.amp \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Bajpai \|first=Namita \|date=7 May 2020 \|title=Land levelling for Ayodhya Ram temple soon, says mandir trust after video conference \|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/may/07/land-levelling-for-ayodhya-ram-temple-soon-says-mandir-trust-after-video-conference-2140354.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308122919/https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/may/07/land-levelling-for-ayodhya-ram-temple-soon-says-mandir-trust-after-video-conference-2140354.html \|archive-date=8 March 2021 \|access-date=8 May 2020 \|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>		The '''Ram Mandir''' is a [[Hindu temple]] under construction in [[Ayodhya]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]. It is located at the site of [[Ram Janmabhoomi]], widely believed to be the birthplace of [[Rama]], a principal [[Hindu deities\|deity]] of [[Hinduism]].<ref name="bbc1">{{Cite web \|date=16 October 2019 \|title=BBC \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-50065277.amp \|access-date=8 September 2023 \|archive-date=7 September 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907194334/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-50065277.amp \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Bajpai \|first=Namita \|date=7 May 2020 \|title=Land levelling for Ayodhya Ram temple soon, says mandir trust after video conference \|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/may/07/land-levelling-for-ayodhya-ram-temple-soon-says-mandir-trust-after-video-conference-2140354.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308122919/https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/may/07/land-levelling-for-ayodhya-ram-temple-soon-says-mandir-trust-after-video-conference-2140354.html \|archive-date=8 March 2021 \|access-date=8 May 2020 \|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>

	The site is the former location of the [[Babri Masjid]] which was built in 16th century CE after the demolition of an existing non-Islamic structure. The idols of Rama and Sita were placed in the mosque in 1949, before it was [[Demolition of the Babri Masjid\|attacked and demolished in 1992]].<ref name="Kishore" /><ref name="Sethi 2021 p. 154">{{cite book \| last=Sethi \| first=M. \| title=Communities and Courts: Religion and Law in Modern India \| publisher=Taylor & Francis \| series=Routledge South Asian History and Culture Series \| year=2021 \| isbn=978-1-00-053785-7 \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MVtQEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT154 \| page=154 \| access-date=13 January 2024 \| archive-date=13 January 2024 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240113155847/https://books.google.com/books?id=MVtQEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT154 \| url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Lal \|first=Makkhan \|date=2019-03-20 \|title=Historical texts prove that a temple was destroyed in Ayodhya to build the Babri Masjid \|url=https://theprint.in/opinion/historical-texts-prove-that-a-temple-was-destroyed-in-ayodhya-to-build-the-babri-masjid/208224/ \|access-date=2024-01-02 \|website=ThePrint \|language=en-US \|archive-date=24 December 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224105211/https://theprint.in/opinion/historical-texts-prove-that-a-temple-was-destroyed-in-ayodhya-to-build-the-babri-masjid/208224/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> In 2019, the [[Supreme Court of India]] delivered the [[2019 Supreme Court verdict on Ayodhya dispute\|verdict]] to give the [[Ayodhya dispute\|disputed land]] to Hindus for construction of a temple, while Muslims would be given land elsewhere to [[Mohammed Bin Abdullah Masjid\|construct a mosque]].<ref>{{Cite news \|date=2019-10-16 \|title=Ayodhya dispute: The complex legal history of India's holy site \|language=en-GB \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-50065277 \|access-date=2024-01-02 \|archive-date=17 October 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017092145/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-50065277 \|url-status=live }}</ref> The court referenced a report from the [[Archaeological Survey of India]] (ASI) as evidence suggesting the presence of a structure beneath the demolished Babri Masjid, that was found to be non-[[Islam]]ic.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=2019-10-16 \|title=Ayodhya dispute: The complex legal history of India's holy site \|language=en-GB \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-50065277 \|access-date=2023-12-27 \|archive-date=17 October 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017092145/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-50065277 \|url-status=live }}</ref> However, ASI claims were [[Archaeology of Ayodhya\|heavily disputed by critics]]<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Sharma \|first1=Betwa \|title=Babri Revisited: ASI Suppressed Animal Bone Findings At Mosque Site \|url=https://www.huffpost.com/archive/in/entry/babri-asi-suppressed-animal-bone-findings-at-mosque-site_in_5c42c412e4b0a8dbe1718924 \|website=HuffPost \|access-date=January 16, 2024 \|date=January 20, 2019 \|archive-date=16 January 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116120450/https://www.huffpost.com/archive/in/entry/babri-asi-suppressed-animal-bone-findings-at-mosque-site_in_5c42c412e4b0a8dbe1718924 \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=thehindu-03Oct10>{{cite news\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article809521.ece\| title=Ayodhya verdict yet another blow to secularism: Sahmat\|date =3 October 2010\|newspaper=[[The Hindu]] \|location=Chennai, India \|access-date=1 November 2010 \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101006063051/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article809521.ece\| archive-date= 6 October 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref> as contradictory, dubious, and being the product of nationalistic manipulation.<ref name="Habib et al (2010)">{{Cite book \|last=Habib \|first=Irfan \|url=https://archive.org/details/HistoryJudgementOfAllahabadHighCourtInRamjanmabhumibabriMasjidCase/mode/2up \|title=History & Judgement of Allahabad High Court in Ramjanmabhumi and Babri Masjid Case \|date=3 January 2011 \|work=Aligarh Historians Society \|access-date=8 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Archeologist Who Observed Dig Says No Evidence of Temple Under Babri Masjid \|url=https://thewire.in/history/babri-masjid-asi-excavation-ayodhya-ram-temple \|website=The Wire \|access-date=January 17, 2024 \|date=December 6, 2022 \|archive-date=1 April 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401222754/https://thewire.in/history/babri-masjid-asi-excavation-ayodhya-ram-temple \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|last1=Pankaj \|first1=Jayant \|title=Rama Janmabhoomi Issue: Exposing the myth behind the narrative \|url=https://www.internationalmagz.com/articles/rama-jamnabhoomi-issue \|website=The International \|access-date=January 17, 2024 \|date=December 6, 2021 \|archive-date=29 May 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529053114/https://internationalmagz.com/articles/rama-jamnabhoomi-issue \|url-status=live }}</ref>		The site is the former location of the [[Babri Masjid]] which was built in 16th century CE after the demolition of an existing non-Islamic structure. The idols of Rama and Sita were placed in the mosque in 1949, before it was [[Demolition of the Babri Masjid\|attacked and demolished in 1992]].<ref name="Kishore" /><ref name="Sethi 2021 p. 154">{{cite book \| last=Sethi \| first=M. \| title=Communities and Courts: Religion and Law in Modern India \| publisher=Taylor & Francis \| series=Routledge South Asian History and Culture Series \| year=2021 \| isbn=978-1-00-053785-7 \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MVtQEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT154 \| page=154 \| access-date=13 January 2024 \| archive-date=13 January 2024 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240113155847/https://books.google.com/books?id=MVtQEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT154 \| url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Lal \|first=Makkhan \|date=2019-03-20 \|title=Historical texts prove that a temple was destroyed in Ayodhya to build the Babri Masjid \|url=https://theprint.in/opinion/historical-texts-prove-that-a-temple-was-destroyed-in-ayodhya-to-build-the-babri-masjid/208224/ \|access-date=2024-01-02 \|website=ThePrint \|language=en-US \|archive-date=24 December 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224105211/https://theprint.in/opinion/historical-texts-prove-that-a-temple-was-destroyed-in-ayodhya-to-build-the-babri-masjid/208224/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> In 2019, the [[Supreme Court of India]] delivered the [[2019 Supreme Court verdict on Ayodhya dispute\|verdict]] to give the [[Ayodhya dispute\|disputed land]] to Hindus for construction of a temple, while Muslims would be given land elsewhere to [[Mohammed Bin Abdullah Masjid\|construct a mosque]].<ref>{{Cite news \|date=2019-10-16 \|title=Ayodhya dispute: The complex legal history of India's holy site \|language=en-GB \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-50065277 \|access-date=2024-01-02 \|archive-date=17 October 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017092145/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-50065277 \|url-status=live }}</ref> The court referenced a report from the [[Archaeological Survey of India]] (ASI) as evidence suggesting the presence of a structure beneath the demolished Babri Masjid, that was found to be non-[[Islam]]ic.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=2019-10-16 \|title=Ayodhya dispute: The complex legal history of India's holy site \|language=en-GB \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-50065277 \|access-date=2023-12-27 \|archive-date=17 October 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017092145/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-50065277 \|url-status=live }}</ref> However, ASI claims were [[Archaeology of Ayodhya\|heavily disputed by critics]]<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Sharma \|first1=Betwa \|title=Babri Revisited: ASI Suppressed Animal Bone Findings At Mosque Site \|url=https://www.huffpost.com/archive/in/entry/babri-asi-suppressed-animal-bone-findings-at-mosque-site_in_5c42c412e4b0a8dbe1718924 \|website=HuffPost \|access-date=January 16, 2024 \|date=January 20, 2019 \|archive-date=16 January 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116120450/https://www.huffpost.com/archive/in/entry/babri-asi-suppressed-animal-bone-findings-at-mosque-site_in_5c42c412e4b0a8dbe1718924 \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=thehindu-03Oct10>{{cite news\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article809521.ece\| title=Ayodhya verdict yet another blow to secularism: Sahmat\|date =3 October 2010\|newspaper=[[The Hindu]] \|location=Chennai, India \|access-date=1 November 2010 \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101006063051/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article809521.ece\| archive-date= 6 October 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref> as contradictory, dubious, and being the product of nationalistic manipulation.<ref name="Habib et al (2010)">{{Cite book \|last=Habib \|first=Irfan \|url=https://archive.org/details/HistoryJudgementOfAllahabadHighCourtInRamjanmabhumibabriMasjidCase/mode/2up \|title=History & Judgement of Allahabad High Court in Ramjanmabhumi and Babri Masjid Case \|date=3 January 2011 \|work=Aligarh Historians Society \|access-date=8 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Archeologist Who Observed Dig Says No Evidence of Temple Under Babri Masjid \|url=https://thewire.in/history/babri-masjid-asi-excavation-ayodhya-ram-temple \|website=The Wire \|access-date=January 17, 2024 \|date=December 6, 2022 \|archive-date=1 April 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401222754/https://thewire.in/history/babri-masjid-asi-excavation-ayodhya-ram-temple \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|last1=Pankaj \|first1=Jayant \|title=Rama Janmabhoomi Issue: Exposing the myth behind the narrative \|url=https://www.internationalmagz.com/articles/rama-jamnabhoomi-issue \|website=The International \|access-date=January 17, 2024 \|date=December 6, 2021 \|archive-date=29 May 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529053114/https://internationalmagz.com/articles/rama-jamnabhoomi-issue \|url-status=live }}</ref>

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	The '''Ram Mandir''' is a [[Hindu temple]] that is being built in [[Ayodhya]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India, at the site of [[Ram Janmabhoomi]], the hypothesized<ref name="bbc1">{{Cite web \|title=BBC \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-50065277.amp \|url-status=live \|access-date=2023-09-08}}</ref> birthplace of [[Rama]], a principal [[deity]] of [[Hinduism]].<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Bajpai \|first=Namita \|date=7 May 2020 \|title=Land levelling for Ayodhya Ram temple soon, says mandir trust after video conference \|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/may/07/land-levelling-for-ayodhya-ram-temple-soon-says-mandir-trust-after-video-conference-2140354.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308122919/https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/may/07/land-levelling-for-ayodhya-ram-temple-soon-says-mandir-trust-after-video-conference-2140354.html \|archive-date=8 March 2021 \|access-date=8 May 2020 \|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> The temple construction is being supervised by the [[Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra]]. The ground-breaking ceremony was performed on 5 August 2020 by Indian Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]]. The temple premises will include temples dedicated to deities [[Surya]], [[Ganesha]], [[Shiva]], [[Durga]], [[Annapurna (goddess)\|Annapurna]] and [[Hanuman]].<ref>{{Cite news \|others=PTI \|date=2021-09-13 \|title=Six temples of different deities in Ayodhya Ram temple's final blueprint \|language=en-IN \|work=The Hindu \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/six-temples-of-different-deities-in-ayodhya-ram-temples-final-blueprint/article36425034.ece \|url-status=live \|access-date=2021-11-22 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122054459/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/six-temples-of-different-deities-in-ayodhya-ram-temples-final-blueprint/article36425034.ece \|archive-date=22 November 2021 \|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>		The '''Ram Mandir''' is a [[Hindu temple]] that is being built in [[Ayodhya]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India, at the site of [[Ram Janmabhoomi]], the hypothesized<ref name="bbc1">{{Cite web \|title=BBC \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-50065277.amp \|url-status=live \|access-date=2023-09-08}}</ref> birthplace of [[Rama]], a principal deity of [[Hinduism]].<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Bajpai \|first=Namita \|date=7 May 2020 \|title=Land levelling for Ayodhya Ram temple soon, says mandir trust after video conference \|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/may/07/land-levelling-for-ayodhya-ram-temple-soon-says-mandir-trust-after-video-conference-2140354.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308122919/https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/may/07/land-levelling-for-ayodhya-ram-temple-soon-says-mandir-trust-after-video-conference-2140354.html \|archive-date=8 March 2021 \|access-date=8 May 2020 \|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> The temple construction is being supervised by the [[Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra]]. The ground-breaking ceremony was performed on 5 August 2020 by Indian Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]]. The temple premises will include temples dedicated to deities [[Surya]], [[Ganesha]], [[Shiva]], [[Durga]], [[Annapurna (goddess)\|Annapurna]] and [[Hanuman]].<ref>{{Cite news \|others=PTI \|date=2021-09-13 \|title=Six temples of different deities in Ayodhya Ram temple's final blueprint \|language=en-IN \|work=The Hindu \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/six-temples-of-different-deities-in-ayodhya-ram-temples-final-blueprint/article36425034.ece \|url-status=live \|access-date=2021-11-22 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122054459/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/six-temples-of-different-deities-in-ayodhya-ram-temples-final-blueprint/article36425034.ece \|archive-date=22 November 2021 \|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

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	{{As of\|2023\|5}}, according to [[Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra]] Trust, 70% of the groundwork was completed and 40% roof work was completed.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=17 May 2023 \|title=Ayodhya's Ram Mandir Takes Shape: Here's First Look of 'Garbha Griha' \| See Pics \|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/ayodhyas-ram-mandir-takes-shape-heres-first-look-of-garbha-griha-see-pics-article-100292909 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230521102451/https://www.timesnownews.com/india/ayodhyas-ram-mandir-takes-shape-heres-first-look-of-garbha-griha-see-pics-article-100292909 \|archive-date=21 May 2023 \|access-date=21 May 2023}}</ref>		{{As of\|2023\|5}}, according to [[Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra]] Trust, 70% of the groundwork was completed and 40% roof work was completed.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=17 May 2023 \|title=Ayodhya's Ram Mandir Takes Shape: Here's First Look of 'Garbha Griha' \| See Pics \|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/ayodhyas-ram-mandir-takes-shape-heres-first-look-of-garbha-griha-see-pics-article-100292909 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230521102451/https://www.timesnownews.com/india/ayodhyas-ram-mandir-takes-shape-heres-first-look-of-garbha-griha-see-pics-article-100292909 \|archive-date=21 May 2023 \|access-date=21 May 2023}}</ref>

			Now, in 2024 India is ablaze with anticipation as preparations for the consecration ceremony of the [https://www.buzinessbytes.com/news/ram-temple-inauguration-online-ayodhya-ram-mandir-ceremony/ Ram temple] reach their zenith. The Uttar Pradesh government's generous ₹100 crore allocation for 'Ramotsav' has paved the way for a series of religious events across 826 local bodies, beginning in December 2023 and culminating in grand celebrations from Makar Sankranti on January 14/15 to the temple's inauguration on January 22. The guest list for the event reads like a who's who, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, political leaders, industrialists, scientists, actors, army officers, spiritual leaders, and distinguished awardees all set to attend. This diverse gathering mirrors the unity in diversity that defines India, transcending social and political boundaries.

			As the nation counts down to this historic moment, the spiritual aura surrounding the ceremonies and rituals during the 'Ramotsav' is tangible. The consecration ceremony is not merely a religious event; it symbolizes a tapestry of traditions, a celebration of shared heritage, and a unifying force that brings people from all walks of life together. From the renowned to the everyday citizen, the Ram Temple inauguration promises to be a momentous chapter in India's history, fostering a sense of collective pride and national unity.

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